Saturday, May 05, 2012

Beltway Brings Home Three National Golden Gloves Titles and One Silver Medal; Jerry Odom Wins Golden Boy Trophy as Outstanding Boxer; DC Wins Team Trophy!

And now, part two of the Outstanding Beltway Boxing weekend.  The DC region cleaned up at the National Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions in Mesquite, NV tonight.  For the first time in Beltway history, the region brings home THREE national titles!!

Gervonta Davis of Baltimore won the national crown at 123 pounds defeating Joseph Rodriguez of Texas. At 165 pounds, D'Mitrius Ballard of Temple Hills, MD took the championship by defeating LeShawn Rodriguez of the NY Metro Region. Also, Jerry Odom of Bowie, MD won the title at 178 pounds with a win over Michael Reid of Wisconsin.

Odom also earned the most prestigious single award at the Golden Gloves -- The Golden Boy Trophy -- given to the most outstanding boxer of the tournament.

The silver medal went to 152-pounder and 2010 National Golden Gloves titlist David Grayton who lost his bid for his second title in three years to Alex Martin of Chicago.

Let's make this official as well.  Team DC won the overall team trophy after finishing second in 2011.  The coaches for this team were Lamont Roach and Robert Matney.  According to Washington Golden Gloves director Bobby Magruder, "This team stayed together through thick and thin and did an outstanding job."

BATB, in what has suddenly become an annual tradition, will update the list of Beltway-area boxers who have won National Golden Gloves titles tomorrow.  Just know this -- Beltway amateurs have won six National Golden Gloves titles in the last three years (Grayton, Gary Allen Russell in 2010, Michael Reed in 2011 and now Davis, Ballard and Odom in 2012)!

Just part of the legacy of "The Next Wave!"

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

No Xcuse!!!